Bag-frame lock



BAG mm; LOCK. v APPLICATION FILED OCTJT, 1920- 1,405,919. Patented Feb. 7, 1922.

' lNVENTOR Juse hEZIsfinr,

ATTORNEYS I UNITED STATES- PATENT 0mm 7 .rosnrn s. rsinon, or NEWARK, NEW JERSEY. ASSIGNOR TO THE R. jNEUMANN HARDWARE. 00., A'CORIORA'YJJ'ION or NEW JERSEY. I

' BAG-FRAME LOCK.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that'I, JosEPH S. Ismon, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and use ful Improvements in Bag-Frame Locks; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and'to characters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this speclfication.

This invention relates, generally, to i1nprovements in frames for travelling bags, and the like, and locking devices therefor; and, the present invention has reference, more particularly, to a novel and simply constructed lock secured to the usual outer frame-section of the bag-frame, said lock being provided with a frame-section engaging member or 1nembers,which are m" ranged and constructed in a manner, so as to readily co-ope'rate with correspondingly disposed openings formed in the inner frame-section of the bag-frame, to retain the said hinged frame-sections in their longitudinally extending marginal edges of said inner frame-section, the novel bagframe lock hereinafter more fully described has been devised.

The present invention, therefore, has for its principal objectto provide a novel and simply constructed bag-frame lock of the character hereinafter set forth and,furthermore, to provide, in connection-with such lock, the narrow inner frame-section of the -bag-frame with lock-post receiving openings which are centrally disposed between the longitudinally extending marginal edgeportions of the frame-section, that the said narrow frame-section is not weakened, and, also, that the said frame-section has acontinuous unbroken marginal edge, so as to provide a neater construction of frame, and

enabling the omission of the usual hasps se- I Specification of Letters Patent.

facture is greatly reduced; but, aside from this fact, the frame-sections have unobstructed marginal edge-portions, thus, when thebaghas been opened, presenting no objectionable obstructions in which the lace on the sleeves of ladies garments, when the hand is thrust into the bag, can catch and become torn.

Other objects of the present invention not at this time more particularly enumerated, willbe fully understood from the following detailed descriptionof the presentfinvention.

With the various objects of the present invention in View, the said invention consists, primarily, in the novel bag-frame lock herelnafter more fully set forth, and the said invention consists, furthermore, in the novel arrangements and combinations of the variare appended to the said specification, and.

which form an essential part of the same.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is atop face view of fragmentary portions of the outer and inner frame-sections of abag-frame provided with a lock made according to and embodying the prin- Patented Feb. 7, 1922. I

Applicationfiled October 7,1920. Serial No. 415,269., i i

ciples, of the present invention, the parts being represented in their closed relation.

Figure 2 is a similar representation of said portions of the outer and inner framesections, the latter being represented in their unlocked or opened relation; and Figure 3 is a bottom view of the said framesections and the lock. 7 g g Figure-,4 is an inner face-view or eleva-- tion of the outer "frame-section andthe. lock 'securedthereto, said view being represented as looking toward the frame-section in the arrow X in said Figure 2.

Figure 5 is a transverse verticalsectionalrepresentation of the outer and inner framesections in their closed relation and of-the lock secured to the outer frame-section, said section being represented as being taken on a plane through line 5-5 in Figure 4,1001:-

ingin the direction of the arrow Y, and

showing the lock-post of the lock in its hold g or retaining engagement. with the inner frame-section. V 1 m a.

Similar characters of reference are employed in all of the said above described views, toindicate correspondingparts;

Referring now to the several. figures of the I drawings, the reference-character 1 lndicates a fragmentary portion of the outer framesection, and 2 a slmilar portlon of the inner frame-section of a bag-frame, said frame sections being, preferabl right-angled 111 J cross-section, as indicated more particularly in Figure 5 of the drawings. As indicated, the outer frame-section 1 is "formed with the usual key-box receiving opening 3, and the said narrow inner frame-section 2 is provided with a pair of lock-post receiving openings'd, centrally disposed between the longitudinally extending marginal edge-portions of the frame-section 2, as represented in Figures 2, 3 and 5 of the drawings, and preferably of the configuration shown in said Figures 2 and 3.

The complete structure of lock which is shown more particularly in Figures 3 and 4 is indicated by the reference-character 5,

and the same comprises a top-plate 6,

adapted to be secured against the lower face-portion 7 of the outer frame-section 1, as is shown in Figures 3 and 4, by means of rivets 8,;but which may be secured to said frame-section in any other suitable manner, as will be clearly understood.

Suitably secured to said top-plate 6 is a suitably formed shell or casing, comprising a bottom-plate 9 and vertical face-plate 10, provided with openings 11 which are arranged in amanner, substantially as illustrated in Figures 4 and 5 of the drawings.

The general arrangement and construction of the lock-mechanism contained in said shell'or casing is of the usual construction, and need not, therefore, as to its details be described. Suitably secured to and extending upwardly from the above-mentioned bottom-plate 9' are a pair of posts, as12, each post being encircled by a coiled spring 13. The upper end-portion of each post 12 .is provided with a suitable enlargement or head, as'14, said vheads acting as stops to limit the usual upward movement of a bridge-piece or element 15 which is movably. disposed upon said posts, and which rests upon the upper free ends of the said springs13. Connectedwith the said bridge 15, and secured thereto in any suitable manner, is a plate 16 which is provided with laterally projecting fingers or other suitably formedmembers, as 17, and which extend into andthrough the previously mentioned openings 11 in the vertical face-plate 10 of,

the lock-casingor shell, as will be clearly understood from an inspection of Figures 3, 4L and. 5 of the drawings. Each finger 17 is also provided with an upwardly projecting frame-section engaging lock-post or stud18, each post-18 being formed with an arc-shaped or other suitably formed marginal edge, as 19, so that, when the inner frame section 2 is brought 1nto ts closlng relation within the outer frame-section 1,

the said edges 19 of the posts or studs 18 will ride against the marginal edge-portions 20 of said frame-section 2, thereby dcpressing the various parts against the action of the spring 13, until brought directly beneath the lock-post receiving openings 4L in the frame-section 2, into which the said,

posts or studs 18 are forced by the action 7 or" the springs 13, the vertical marginal edge-portions 21 of said posts or studs 18 engaging the marginal edge-portions 22, which partially boimd the openings 1, so as to thereby positively maintain the closed relation of the two frame-sections, as will.

be clearly evident from an inspection of said Figure 5 of the drawings.

The usual combined key-box and fingerpiece ofthe lock, for depressing the bridge 15, and the parts connected therewith, is

indicated by the reference-character 28, saidcombined key-box and finger-piece extending upwardly into and through the hereinabove mentioned receiving opening 8 with whichthe frame-section 1 is provided;

The above-stated arrangement of the frame-engaging fingers or lock-posts 18 to one sideof the spring-controlled bridge of the lock-mechanism permits of the ar rangement of the. receiving openings '4: to

frame-section 2, with relation to the width of'said narrow frame-section, so that the" said frame-section is not thereby weakened. Furthermore, with a lock-mechanism, provided wlth lock-posts or frame-engaging be centrally located in the narrow inner' fingers located toone side of the usual,

spring-controlled bridge, instead of upon;

the said bridge, as heretofore, the usual hasps, riveted to the said frame-section 2' ,structionof the said parts, without'departing from the scope of the present invention as set forth inthe foregoing specification,

and as defined in the clauses of the claims which are appended thereto. Hence, I do not limit my present invention to the exact arrangements and combinations of the several devices and parts as describedin the and projecting beyond the marginal edge of r said specification, nor do I confine myself totheexact details of the construction of the said parts, as. illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

1. In combination with the outer and inner frame-sections of a bag-frame, said inner frame-section having a non-obstructed longitudinally extending marginal edge and being provided with a receiving opening located back of said longitudinally extending marginal edge of said inner frame-section, a bag-frame lock mounted upon the inner surface of said outer frame-section, a bridgeplate movably disposed the shellof said lock,

' and means connected with and extending laterally from said bridge-plate adapted to enter the receiving opening in said inner frame-section, for maintaining a closed relation of said frame-sections.

2. In combination with the outer and inner frame-sections of a bag-frame, said inner frame-section having anon-obstructed longitudinally extending marginal edge and being provided with a receiving opening located back of said longitudinally extending marginal edge of said inner frame-section, a bag-frame lock mounted upon'the inner sur- "face of said outer frame-section, a springactuated bridge-plate movablydisposed the shell or" said lock, and means mounted with and extending laterally from said bridgeplate adapted to enter the receiving opening in said inner frame-section, for maintaining a closed relation of said frame-sections.

3. In combination with the outer and inner -frame-sections of a-bag-frame, said inner frame-section having a non-obstructed longitudinaly extending marginaledge and being provided with lock-post receiving openings located back of said longitudinally extending marginal edge of said inner frame-section, a bag-lock mounted upon the inner surface of said outer frame-section, said lock comprising a shell formed in one of its sides with openings, a bridge-plate movably disposed within said shell, fingers connected with and extending laterally from said bridge-plate and through the openings in said shell, and frame-section engaging posts or studs upon said fingers, said posts or studs being adapted to enter the lock-post receiving openings in said inner frame-section, for maintaining a closed relation of said frame-sections. 7 7

4. In combination with the outer and inner frame-sections of a bag-frame, said inner frame-section having a non-obstructed longitudinally extending marginal edge and being provided with lock-post receiving openings located back of said longitudinally extending marginal edge of said inner frame-section, a bag-lock mounted upon the inner surface of said outer frame-section,

' openings located back of said longitudinally extending marginal edge of said inner frame-section, a bag-lock mounted upon the inner surface of said outer frame-section, said lock comprising a shell having a bottom-plate and a vertical sideplate, said sideplate being provided with openings, posts connected with and extending vertically from said bottom-plate, springs encircling said posts, a bridge-plate movably disposed upon said posts, fingers connected with and extending laterally from said bridge-plate and through the openings in said side-plate of the shell, and a frame-section engaging lock-post or stud upon each finger adapted to enter the lock-post receiving openings in said inner frame-section, for maintaining a closed'relation of said frame-sections.

In testimony, thatI claim the invention setforth above I have hereunto set my hand this-28th day of September, 1920.

JOSEPH S. ISIDOR.

Witnesses:

FREDK. C. FRAENTZEL, EVA E, DEsoH, 

